Torpediniformes


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Noun1.Torpediniformes - rays with bodies shaped like torpedoesTorpediniformes - rays with bodies shaped like torpedoes
animal order - the order of animals
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References in periodicals archive ?
Description and comparison of the lateral line of three species of electric rays of the genus Narcine (Torpediniformes: Narcinidae).
A revision of the electric ray genus Diplobatis with notes on the interrelationships of Narcinidae (Chondrichthyes, Torpediniformes).
Benthobatis yangi, a new species of blind electric ray from Taiwan (Chondrichthyes: Torpediniformes: Narcinidae).
Squalus blainvillei Hexanchiformes Chalmydoselachus anguineus Heptranchias perlo * Hexanchus griseus Pristiformes Pristis pristis Squatiniformes * Squatina squatina Torpediniformes ?
Asi, los Torpediniformes y los Rajiformes tienden a tener el encefalo relativamente pequeno, con el telencefalo reducido, la medula oblonga grande y el cerebelo sin foliacion, mientras que los Myliobatidae tienen el encefalo grande, con el telencefalo voluminoso, el cerebelo notablemente foliado y la medula oblonga reducida.